Will the Bureau host data or other resources on behalf of collaborators?

Will the Bureau host data or other resources on behalf of collaborators?

Not in the short term. In the long term the partners with NEII compliant capability could provide data, vocabulary and metadata hosting services. This might be a sensible approach for large datasets to imporve speed of data access, where agency ICT policies preclude the use of NEII compliant technology; or where operational-grade service levels can only be offered by particular agencies or infrastructure.